Bessie Bardot

Bessie Bardot

Bessie was Born in the Australian Blue Mountains, to a Norwegian/ Russian nomad and the daughter of a jazz musician. She was raised in the laid back, free spirited town of Mullumbimby not far from the famous hippy town of Byron Bay
Her parents named her "Little-wing" but thought better of it when she was two, renaming her after both the famous jazz and blues singers Bessie Smith and Mahalia Jackson.
After her father's mysterious disappearance when she was 7 her mother remarried a preacher and became very religious. The free spirited life she had become accustomed to was replaced with strict religious discipline, bible studies and church rules. At 14 she landed her first modeling job for girlfriend magazine although due to her religious beliefs she did very little to follow this up
At 21 she found herself 18 months into a marriage with a new husband who had spent all her savings and had multiple affairs. She had a dead end job as a receptionist was bored, distraught and had lost everything.
She decided not to be a victim of her past and instantly made a new start. pursuing her dreams to break stereotypes become a success and and inspire the people around her. Especially the women like her that she had worked and grown up with.
Within 2 years she was married to author and TV personality Geoff Barker (her husband of 8 years) and had started Australia's first and soon to be biggest model agency as beginning to carve a career in the media.